maximize your end of summer wardrobe
The last month of the season is often the trickiest: you’re tired of your summer wardrobe and you don’t want to buy anything new so late in the season but you still have a month of summer dressing to get through. The solution: spend your shopping budget on great new pieces for the fall (the Stylebook stores are already filling up with great fall items!) and maximize what you already have in your closet for the rest of summer. Set aside a two-hour block of time, grab a pad of paper for notes, a portable rack set up near your closet (or use your bed to lay things out) and a full-length mirror and follow these easy steps to see if you already have the makings of a great August wardrobe in your closet.
Pull out a basic bottom from your closet that will work this season – a pant, skirt or short. Take a good hard look at this piece. Is it still in great condition? If the answer is yes, let’s work with it. Put it on your portable rack. Pull from your closet any possible tops and jackets that will go with that bottom. Check each one out. Is it in good condition? If the answer is yes, put each one on the portable rack. Slip into the bottom piece and start trying on top options. Keep trying things on until you come up with three new outfit combinations that “wow” you. They are in there! Add finishing touches with jewelry, shoes and accessories. Try on some different combinations and check yourself out in your full-length mirror. Be sure that from head-to-toe, this outfit is a nine or a ten on a scale of one to ten. Take photos of each new combination. You will enjoy the benefits of feeling great in a new outfit from pieces you already have instead of pieces you have to purchase. It’s the fresh combination that makes them exciting.
If any of these steps seem too difficult to handle alone, give me a call. With some simple wardrobe intervention, I can help you create a concise plan for shopping in your closet and maximizing the wardrobe you already have. Now that’s smart shopping!
